immetrical

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ metrical.

Adjective

immetrical (comparative more immetrical, superlative most immetrical)

1. Not metrical or rhythmical.
   • 1611, George Chapman, "To the Reader" (poem attached to Iliad)

     French and Italian most immetrical , Their many syllables in harsh collision

   • 1932, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Shakespeare Canon: The origination of "Henry V.", page 127:

     An alteration here, leaving immetrical a line already so by turning "this letter is for you" into "these letters are for you," for no apparent reason in the text, can be regarded only as one of the changes made for change's sake.

References

“immetrical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.